Kirsty on QVC

For those that missed the lovely Kirsty on TV today, follow this link to catch her (complete with totally temperamental laptop, bless her!)

I'd have been so nervous, but she coped fantastically well don't you think?

Kirsty Wiseman on QVC

The lovely Kirsty Wiseman will be on TV on Tuesday 29th September 2009 from 12pm. She's showcasing her FABULOUS Patti Picklicious CD which you can buy from her site {here} for the bargain sum of only ten of the Queen's finest pounds!

Now, I've had this CD for a quite a while now and have printed and used lots from it.


Backing printed onto acetate:




I'd made a couple of cards up the other day (which I've previously posted on my blog) and emailed them to Kirsty when I got an email back asking if she could use them during her TV show (er.... yeah, of course she can!!!). So with that in mind, I used some of the other collections on the CD and made her some more. Some of the backing papers I printed out onto acetate using the rough side of inkjet film. This gives an amazingly bright and zingy print.

If you've got the CD then have a go at this yourself. If you haven't got it yet, then pop over to Kirsty's blog and treat yourself, you certainly won't be disappointed!

Good luck on TV Kirsty! Hugs from us all here.
x

New stamps

I treated myself to two stamp sets in the Stampin' Up range Sale via the lovely Jo Austin. The 'For Father' set reduced to a bargain £11.48 and the 'Summer by the Sea' set - although I bought the German version of this as it was cheaper in the sale than the English version! £18.71 as opposed to £24.95. (Scrooge I hear you cry, but I wanted the pictorial stamps rather than the sentiments, and it saved me over £6!!).

Anyhoo, the delivery is speedy indeed and the quality is fantastic. They are cut deeply and stamp perfectly.

I've only played with the Summer by the Sea set so far and wanted them simple and vintage in style so I stamped them with Chestnut Roan from ColorBox onto cream cardstock, and for my beach LO, I stamped onto craft cardstock. The couple cuddling are chalked lightly for a bit of added colour.


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Materials:
LO: Beige Bazzill Swiss Dots carstock.
Cards: cream 7"x5" card, white 4"x8 1/2", craft 6"x4".
Ribbons: Ribbon Mad & QVC.
Papers: My Minds Eye.
Corrugated card: Wilkinsons packaging.
Chalks: Craf-T Products.
Frame, bird & Adore sentiment: Cut on the Cricut using Home Accents cartridge.
Buttons: Ebay.
Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug.
Flowers: Prima.
Glitter glue: Stickles.
Ink pad: ColorBox Chalk.
Tag: stationers.

Debbi Moore - Part 2

More from my designs for Debbi.

This one is a 6" circle cut from a piece of vellum onto which I've printed out one of the designs from Debbi's Classical Elegance CD. The red script paper, also from the CD, is adhered to a piece of chipboard which is then cut, sanded and distressed when dry. I backed this heart onto a piece of hessian ribbon and tied it with a piece of natural twine.


This set of Kerri Jo stamps from Debbi is fab! I love the girlie designs on the sheet. For this one, I've stamped Little Miss Pirate and watercoloured her before cutting around her. She is stuck to a rectangle of punched paper and then mounted onto a piece of brown printed vellum from the Classical Elegance CD which is punched to provide a border. One of Debbi's definition stamps onto a piece of inked cream cardstock and then matted onto some brown cardstock completes this card.

I like the simplicity and grunginess (is that actually a word?!) of this one. The design is printed in grey onto some paper. Cut to size and inked around the edges with black. A simple strip of hessian ribbon is added to the centre and some script paper is stuck to a chipboard heart, cut and distressed and tied with natural twine. A simple stamped greeting from Debbi finishes this one off - Valentine for a man....?


Continuing the Lurve theme... I printed a background design onto vellum and punched a straight edging using Debbi's new punch. I punched a circle from plain white paper, which I distressed with co-ordinating ink. This was stamped using Debbi's LOVE stamp and a border stamp from her clear Regency Set. I used the same stamp as a card edging. Finished by tying a length of brown organza ribbon at the top.
Fairly similar to the card above. The background is this time printed onto pink vellum, the same punched border is added before sticking to this to the card base. This time tied with a length of pink organza ribbon and the LOVE greeting stamped directly onto the card base with the addition of a little gem for sparkle!


Don't forget that Debbi will be on QVC today at 10:00am where (if I'm lucky) some of my cards will be shown - woo hoo!